Iowa
Old Press
Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Des Moines co. Iowa
February 21, 1936
HIGH COURT PONDERS MRS. JOHNSTON’S APPEAL
Des Moines, Ia., Feb. 21—(AP)— The Iowa
supreme court took under consideration today the appeal of Mrs.
Pearl Johnston of Mount Ayr, Ia., sentenced to serve eight years
in Rockwell City women’s reformatory for slaying her
husband.
Mrs. Johnston admitted shooting her husband, Herbert Johnston, an
automobile dealer, but claimed she fired in self defense. The
slaying occurred, June 7, 1934. Mrs. Johnston was convicted of
manslaughter.
[Transcribed by L.Z., November 2015]